Play Essays

            Gerard Jones is a well known comic book author who is more popular for his statement “violent media  good for children”. His works “Honey I am home”, “The Trouble with Girls” , “The undressing of America” are a big success.             Action and Violence are often confused words and …

 “King Lear” was written between 1605-6 and reflects philosophical trends and world views as the social and political foundation the society. This play unveils values and traditions of the Middle Ages, and appeals to readers through its vividness and topicality of themes portrayed in the play. The article under analysis …

“Othello” is the story of a Moorish general living in Cyprus, and the personal struggles he faces as he tries to decide which of the people closest to him is telling the truth – his wife, or his servant. This play is a tragedy, as evidenced by the interpersonal conflicts …

Revenge is the main theme in the play Othello by William Shakespeare and it is portrayed from the character Iago. Through Iago’s soliloquies he reveals his horrible doings. Iago wants to get revenge on Othello and his loved one Desdemona. The reason why he wants to get revenge at Othello …

            A play which is divorced from man’s struggle with an unfriendly and an unmoral universe loses the most abiding appeal that art can have for man. Eugene O’Neill’s tremendous success as a dramatist depends to a great extent upon the fact that he has had something to say about …

According to the Oxford dictionary, drama is a play for theatre, radio or television which has exciting, emotional or unexpected emotional circumstances. Drama is the form of act that communicates ideas through actions and speeches. For this second semester, we, TESL 1 students need to stage a drama entitled King …

Madness is defined as the state of being mentally ill or having extremely foolish behavior. It is a condition in which is difficult to identify whether it is true or not. In William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Hamlet, there is confusion as to whether or not his madness is real. The ghost …

            The famous line —“You live in a dream; you manufacture illusions!” (Williams 507)— uttered by Amanda, the matriarch of the Wingfield family, to her son Tom plays a pivotal part in Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie. The play is set in the 1930’s. It presents a story of a …

Northrop Frye, noted literary critic, contends that tragedy is carefully outlined, particularly in the Shakespearean tragedies.  Frye recognizes that tragedies are “more concentrated on a single individual,” and that “the tragic process in Shakespeare is natural in the sense that it simply happens, whatever its cause, explanation, or relationships,” (Frye, …

1) The controversial reaction of critics and general public to Wallace Shawn’s The Fever is understandable. The play evokes indignation misted with rapture. It touches upon a painful topic, although the idea itself isn’t new. The author uses an interesting literary by making the main (and the only) character look …